The biggest star in competitive eating detailed how he was banned from the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, his upcoming matchup with longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi and much more in an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated.
There is perhaps no one as linked to the Fourth of July in the modern American mind as Joey Chestnut.
The fallout was messy. Chestnut released a statement that said he’d learned of his ban only from the media, not from Major League Eating, adding that he did not have an individual contract with Nathan’s. “They are looking to change the rules from past years as it relates to other partners I can work with,”. The organization claimed that was not the case. “For nearly two decades we have worked under the same basic hot dog exclusivity provisions,” read the statement from Major League Eating.
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